Side support

- Nomaco Inc.
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

The present application is related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/368,030, entitled “Side Support,” filed Aug. 17, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The present application is also related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/368,034, entitled “Side Support,” filed Aug. 17, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The present application is also related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/368,046, entitled “Side Support,” filed Aug. 17, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a first embodiment of a side support showing my new design, which may be used as a side support in bedding or cushions as an example;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the side support of FIG. 1; the rear view is a mirror image thereto;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the side support of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the side support of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the side support of FIG. 1, and a right side view is identical thereto;

FIG. 6 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of the side support, which may be used as a side support in bedding or cushions as an example;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the side support of FIG. 6; the rear view is a mirror image thereto;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the side support of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the side support of FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 10 is a left side view of the side support of FIG. 6, and a right side view is identical thereto.

Both embodiments of the claimed design are shown with a symbolic break. The appearance of any portion of the article between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for side support, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
554580 February 1896 Stonewall
676573 June 1901 Bowers
1371362 March 1921 Giese
1429776 September 1922 Robinson
1979566 November 1934 Morse
1986255 January 1935 Durfey et al.
D105428 July 1937 Bahr
D136717 November 1943 Moore et al.
2337525 December 1943 Peik
2539058 January 1951 Burns
2569021 September 1951 Rozanski
2615577 October 1952 Bartleman
2630145 March 1953 Stevens
2826769 March 1958 Drews
2940089 June 1960 Koenigsberg
2978714 April 1961 Bechik
3046574 July 1962 Erenberg et al.
3082438 March 1963 Nachman, Jr.
3263533 August 1966 Carlson
3293671 December 1966 Griffin
3318224 May 1967 Bohanon
3749301 July 1973 Peckar
3775526 November 1973 Gilmore
3822426 July 1974 Mistarz
3848283 November 1974 Ikeda
3894706 July 1975 Mizusawa
D240681 July 1976 Granatelli
D241314 September 1976 Hug
D245747 September 13, 1977 Ikeda
4121005 October 17, 1978 Roberts
4181992 January 8, 1980 Blake
4194255 March 25, 1980 Poppe
4207636 June 17, 1980 Ceriani
4275473 June 30, 1981 Poirier
D273659 May 1, 1984 Sakaguchi
4451946 June 5, 1984 Stumpf
4821988 April 18, 1989 Jimenez
4907309 March 13, 1990 Breckle
4915662 April 10, 1990 Kent
D307688 May 8, 1990 Schaefer
D307690 May 8, 1990 Raburn
D310313 September 4, 1990 Afeyan
4998310 March 12, 1991 Olson
5005793 April 9, 1991 Shillington
5039366 August 13, 1991 Strattman
5040255 August 20, 1991 Barber, Jr.
5048167 September 17, 1991 Heffley et al.
D322907 January 7, 1992 Raburn
5115524 May 26, 1992 Antosko
5133116 July 28, 1992 Wagner et al.
5195197 March 23, 1993 Gutierrez et al.
5231718 August 3, 1993 Blaha et al.
5239715 August 31, 1993 Wagner
5398820 March 21, 1995 Kiss
5415370 May 16, 1995 Valiulis
D363016 October 10, 1995 Sipprelle et al.
5456437 October 10, 1995 Chander et al.
5462212 October 31, 1995 Hertel, Jr.
5467488 November 21, 1995 Wagner
5469590 November 28, 1995 Simon
5491852 February 20, 1996 Maucher
5537699 July 23, 1996 Bonaddio et al.
D376309 December 10, 1996 Takai
5642557 July 1, 1997 Clews
5687439 November 18, 1997 Wagner
5705252 January 6, 1998 Lea et al.
5724686 March 10, 1998 Neal
5743497 April 28, 1998 Michael
5756022 May 26, 1998 Siegel et al.
5787532 August 4, 1998 Langer et al.
5792309 August 11, 1998 Eto
5815865 October 6, 1998 Washburn et al.
5861205 January 19, 1999 Murata et al.
D406051 February 23, 1999 Ross
5924682 July 20, 1999 Bullard
D413035 August 24, 1999 Weterrings et al.
5987678 November 23, 1999 Ayers
D417612 December 14, 1999 Jones
6003179 December 21, 1999 Farley
D418354 January 4, 2000 O'Rourke
6023803 February 15, 2000 Barman
6026525 February 22, 2000 Davis
6109569 August 29, 2000 Sakaida
6122787 September 26, 2000 Kao
D432404 October 24, 2000 Garfinkle
6154908 December 5, 2000 Wells
6158071 December 12, 2000 Wells
D436772 January 30, 2001 Soderstrom
6202238 March 20, 2001 Mossbeck et al.
6243894 June 12, 2001 Kosumsuppamala et al.
6260331 July 17, 2001 Stumpf
6263533 July 24, 2001 Dimitry et al.
6286166 September 11, 2001 Henley et al.
6295676 October 2, 2001 Warner
6306235 October 23, 2001 Henderson
6315275 November 13, 2001 Zysman
D454740 March 26, 2002 Baggott
6353952 March 12, 2002 Wells
D456197 April 30, 2002 McClure et al.
6370717 April 16, 2002 Kao
6398199 June 4, 2002 Barber
D467117 December 17, 2002 Guy
6488031 December 3, 2002 Sells, II
6496993 December 24, 2002 Allen et al.
6523812 February 25, 2003 Spinks et al.
6537405 March 25, 2003 Henderson et al.
6568014 May 27, 2003 Sabalaskey et al.
6574814 June 10, 2003 Collard et al.
6612525 September 2, 2003 Bagdi
6658682 December 9, 2003 Wells
6684434 February 3, 2004 Ellis et al.
6721981 April 20, 2004 Greenhalgh et al.
6772463 August 10, 2004 Gladney et al.
6804847 October 19, 2004 Grothaus
6813791 November 9, 2004 Mossbeck et al.
6826796 December 7, 2004 Mossbeck
6832397 December 21, 2004 Gaboury et al.
6862763 March 8, 2005 Mossbeck et al.
6883196 April 26, 2005 Barber
6898813 May 31, 2005 Grothaus
D506385 June 21, 2005 Brown
6954957 October 18, 2005 Metzger et al.
6966090 November 22, 2005 McClintock et al.
6966091 November 22, 2005 Barber
7017205 March 28, 2006 Gladney
7028352 April 18, 2006 Kramer et al.
7036173 May 2, 2006 Gladney
7044557 May 16, 2006 Wieland
7082635 August 1, 2006 Barman et al.
7093858 August 22, 2006 Russell
7127765 October 31, 2006 Ruiz
7165282 January 23, 2007 Watson
D537331 February 27, 2007 Hill
7178187 February 20, 2007 Barman et al.
7185379 March 6, 2007 Barman
7185770 March 6, 2007 Roten
7194777 March 27, 2007 Edling et al.
7210181 May 1, 2007 Price
7251847 August 7, 2007 Wells
D569160 May 20, 2008 Mossbeck
D581715 December 2, 2008 Scheuch
D583607 December 30, 2008 Hanson et al.
7546648 June 16, 2009 Steffes
7597296 October 6, 2009 Conway
7608782 October 27, 2009 Hill
7644461 January 12, 2010 Lee
D612188 March 23, 2010 Yiannaki
7685664 March 30, 2010 Stolpmann et al.
7805790 October 5, 2010 DeMoss
7841031 November 30, 2010 Rawls-Meehan
7845035 December 7, 2010 Letton et al.
7845036 December 7, 2010 Rinchetti
7865988 January 11, 2011 Koughan et al.
7870626 January 18, 2011 Antinori
D636622 April 26, 2011 Quinter et al.
D640535 June 28, 2011 Austro
D642413 August 2, 2011 Rinehart
D642847 August 9, 2011 Rinehart
7992712 August 9, 2011 Rosland
8001638 August 23, 2011 Quinter et al.
D648211 November 8, 2011 Weaver et al.
D653895 February 14, 2012 Reisenhus
D665449 August 14, 2012 Guirlinger
8250689 August 28, 2012 Gladney
8356372 January 22, 2013 Smalling et al.
20020069462 June 13, 2002 Gaboury et al.
20030074736 April 24, 2003 Grothaus
20030079284 May 1, 2003 Gaboury et al.
20030173814 September 18, 2003 Wieland et al.
20040128761 July 8, 2004 Gaboury et al.
20040128773 July 8, 2004 Barber
20040133988 July 15, 2004 Barber
20040182802 September 23, 2004 Paul
20040187217 September 30, 2004 Barman et al.
20040261186 December 30, 2004 Gladney
20050015884 January 27, 2005 Conaway et al.
20050028275 February 10, 2005 Hooper, Jr.
20050204475 September 22, 2005 Schmitz et al.
20050246839 November 10, 2005 Niswonger
20050251920 November 17, 2005 Ahn
20050262642 December 1, 2005 Miller
20060031995 February 16, 2006 Barkhouse
20060042016 March 2, 2006 Barman et al.
20060260062 November 23, 2006 Barman et al.
20070118987 May 31, 2007 Gladney et al.
20080040861 February 21, 2008 Ootayopas
20080115288 May 22, 2008 Poulos
20090000030 January 1, 2009 Hicks et al.
20090011203 January 8, 2009 Mock et al.
20090013476 January 15, 2009 Rinchetti
20090025150 January 29, 2009 Smalling et al.
20090031502 February 5, 2009 Berrcocal et al.
20090100606 April 23, 2009 An
20090106894 April 30, 2009 Yeo
20090139033 June 4, 2009 Gladney
20090294623 December 3, 2009 Pinchuk
20100071136 March 25, 2010 Weber
20100077552 April 1, 2010 Malikhin et al.
20100319137 December 23, 2010 Witherell et al.
20100325806 December 30, 2010 Letton et al.
20110049327 March 3, 2011 Young et al.
20110061163 March 17, 2011 Lee
20110179579 July 28, 2011 Henderson et al.
20110197368 August 18, 2011 Tarazona De La Asuncion
20120167312 July 5, 2012 Sobran et al.
20120180224 July 19, 2012 DeMoss et al.
20120284928 November 15, 2012 Henderson et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
1674003 May 2013 EP
2095545 October 1982 GB
2154443 September 1985 GB
2009014657 January 2009 WO
2010117352 October 2010 WO
Other references
  • “Corner ‘S’ Tube 4.5 inch Final Spec” Product Specifications, Nomaco Inc., Mar. 2, 2010, 1 page.
  • “C-Clip 5.0 inch” Product Specifications, Nomaco Inc., Jul. 9, 2009, 3 pages.
  • “Ultra Corner II 5.5 inch” Product Specifications, Nomaco Inc., Mar. 3, 2010, 1 page.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968 mailed Jul. 23, 2012, 7 pages.
  • “Expandable Grids Made of Ethofoam Brand Polyethylene Foam,” Ethafoam, Dec. 1997, 7 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance mailed Dec. 31, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 29/342,503, 4 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action mailed Sep. 13, 2011 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/386,584, 18 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/386,584 mailed Feb. 3, 2012, 17 pages.
  • Final Office Action mailed Nov. 8, 2011 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 13 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action mailed May 26, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 13 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action mailed Oct. 12, 2011 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 12 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance mailed May 9, 2012, for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,649, 8 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,647 mailed May 8, 2012, 6 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/418,649 mailed May 15, 2012, 15 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/342,503 mailed Dec. 16, 2009, 6 pages.
  • Quayle Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/361,180 mailed Sep. 13, 2012, 11 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/403,050 mailed Sep. 28, 2012, 8 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/361,180 mailed Nov. 27, 2012, 6 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Aug. 21, 2012, 12 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,649 mailed Aug. 29, 2012, 6 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,647 mailed Aug. 30, 2012, 6 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 13/418,649 mailed Dec. 12, 2012, 7 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068 mailed Jun. 12, 2013, 8 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,046 mailed Jul. 1, 2013, 8 pages.
  • Advisory Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed May 29, 2013, 2 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Jun. 20, 2013, 9 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,030 mailed Apr. 19, 2013, 7 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,034 mailed Apr. 24, 2013, 6 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/615,535 mailed Feb. 28, 2013, 14 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562 mailed Feb. 28, 2013, 13 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,046 mailed Mar. 8, 2013, 6 pages.
  • Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Feb. 13, 2013, 9 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance and Examiner-Initiated Interview Summary for U.S. Appl. No. 12/615,535 mailed Jul. 17, 2013, 13 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562 mailed Sep. 11, 2013, 11 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,030 mailed Aug. 5, 2013, 8 pages.
  • Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,034 mailed Sep. 24, 2013, 15 pages.
  • Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068 mailed Oct. 3, 2013, 9 pages.
Patent History
Patent number: D694554
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 17, 2010
Date of Patent: Dec 3, 2013
Assignee: Nomaco Inc. (Zebulon, NC)
Inventors: Andrew Costas Yiannaki (Raleigh, NC), Keith Shearon (Youngsville, NC)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Application Number: 29/368,039
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/606